by Lysander » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:36 pm
Well, yeah. But most of it is a result of, say, Cowboy Bebop fangirls saying "Oh, <insert name of character here>--he's just so perfect for me!" And so they write fantasy stories of "them" getting it on with these fictional characters. Which is fine, as it stands, but in the process the girls tend to completely mischaracterize he characters that are already there and have the new character completely intelectually whip hell out of the rest of the cast (especially if said female writer is jealous of an existing pairing, in which case she will split them apart). On the other hand, a more literal example of the term is the Street Fighter Mary Sue I read where the original character falls in love with M. Bison, who becomes pathetically whipped and, after a weeks worth of training, manages to show her enough in the ways of PSYCHO pOWWWAH~! to give her a power curve that starts at being exhausted after one super move and ends at her being able to link four of them and still be able to punt the hell out of everyone else in her way. Guys do this to, though, don't get me wrong; I've read a X-Men VS. Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover where an eight-year-old kid completely owned the crap out of Motarro, Wolverine and Shinnok in succession. Actually, guys are even more guilty of doing that kind of Mary Suing; I'm just explaining the origin of the term if anyone's curious. Which of course no one is. And to get back to the original purpose of this: REA sucks. Thank you.
Well, yeah. But most of it is a result of, say, Cowboy Bebop fangirls saying "Oh, <insert name of character here>--he's just so perfect for me!" And so they write fantasy stories of "them" getting it on with these fictional characters. Which is fine, as it stands, but in the process the girls tend to completely mischaracterize he characters that are already there and have the new character completely intelectually whip hell out of the rest of the cast (especially if said female writer is jealous of an existing pairing, in which case she will split them apart). On the other hand, a more literal example of the term is the Street Fighter Mary Sue I read where the original character falls in love with M. Bison, who becomes pathetically whipped and, after a weeks worth of training, manages to show her enough in the ways of PSYCHO pOWWWAH~! to give her a power curve that starts at being exhausted after one super move and ends at her being able to link four of them and still be able to punt the hell out of everyone else in her way. Guys do this to, though, don't get me wrong; I've read a X-Men VS. Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover where an eight-year-old kid completely owned the crap out of Motarro, Wolverine and Shinnok in succession. Actually, guys are even more guilty of doing that kind of Mary Suing; I'm just explaining the origin of the term if anyone's curious. Which of course no one is. And to get back to the original purpose of this: REA sucks. Thank you.